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Catalog Number |
04.15.4 |
Description |
Naval Officers and news correspondents observing nuclear test from the bridge of the destroyer USS Laffey (DD-724). [Written on the back of the photo:] Back row - Lt. T. Wyman Riley, Fred Opper, Elton Fay, Frank Allen, Ralph Peterson, Don Bell, Joe Myler, Don Mozley. Front - Vice Admiral W.H.P. Blandy, Captain C.H. Lyman, Captain W. C. Winn, [Unknown], Commander O.D. Waters, Captain of Destroyer "Laffey." 6/7/46 [Written under this is a directory of acronyms for the companies that each correspondent worked for:] Opper - ABC Fay - A.P. Allen - I.N.S. Peterson - NBC Bell - MBS Myler - U.P. Mozley - CBS |
Date |
June 7, 1946 |
Title |
Operation Crossroads |
Print size |
8.5 x 11 |
Place |
Bikini Atoll |
Medium |
Photographic Paper |
Collection |
Mozley Collection |
People |
Vice Admiral W.H.P. Blandy, Captain C.H. Lyman, Captain W. C. Winn, Commander O.D. Waters. Commander Waters was Captain of the USS Laffey, Lt. T. Wayman Riley, Fred Opper (ABC), Elton Fay (AP), Frank Allen (INS), Ralph Peterson (NBC), Don Bell (MBS), Joe Myler (UP), Don Mozley (CBS). |
Search Terms |
USS Laffey Operation Crossroads Mozley, Don |
Subjects |
Operation Crossroads |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |